FIA
European Prostock Champions 2012!!

This is the
first year we do a full season in Prostock, and what a season. The championship
have 6 races, but hockenheim were canceled due to a bad track, so with only 5
races left we did 2 win, and 2 times runner up, trackreckords in Alastaro and
Tierp, European speed record at the Main event, low ET at all events, and nr
one qualifier 4 times. We are the first in Europe to ever win the championship
with a Dodge, and we are proud to put Mopar on the pole.

To win a championship
you need  sponsors, knowledge,  hard working crew and ofcourse a Hemipowered
Dodge.  We got it all.

I will
start with the most important, The sponsors. Stefan Ernryd from Ernryd cars,
Stockholm, is our main sponsor, without him, nothing of this would have been
possible. This is the second year he is with us and he becomes more and more a
valuable member of the team for each race.
We cant thank you enough, but ill hope the big trophee will make you
sleep better at night. You are simply the best!!!

The rest of
sponsors are ofcourse not to be forgotten. Wrapzone, that made an awesome work
and made our trailer the best looking in Europe, if you doubt check the
pictures on our website www.teamrt.se. DK Lyft & Transport made us able to
travel around in Europe with a smile on our faces. Verkstadspartner was there
when we needed to look good. Snap ON and Peter Hult gave us the key to win
races with the best tool a prostocker needs. Jungarve Bygg  is the only name you need to know if you ever
needs any help with your building projects at home. IAL Skadejour is the best
got damn guys in town when coming to cleaning pipes. De palma have the coolest
outfit you ever need to wear, Huddinge snickeri is the specialists in fine carpenting.
R/T Bil&Maskin in Sätra, Stockholm, takes care of your car with tires,
service, cambelts, ac services and more.

Knowledge…Learning by doing is what we are
trying to do. Not always an easy way, but the only way if you wants to  be a good racecar tuner, We have a long way
to go before we know it all, and probably no one ever will. This season we have
tuned The Dodge ourselves, with some brainstorming with Tommy Leindahl, Henrik
Modigh and our Mentor and Mopar guru Jari Konola. Thanks for everything boys.

The Crew…well, as a driver I can just say one
thing…There is not possible to get a better team then we got…maybe the morning
eggs could be a little less overcooked but that’s all. Tony who takes care of
the rear end of the car and adjusts the wheeliebars. Roffe, co owner and
crewshief, he tunes the transmission and clutch. Thomas, co owner, makes the
Hemi stick together, drives the car, and he loves it. Andy, the masterchef, he
does us all happy with his gastronomical knowledge. Igge, truckdriver, t-shirt
sales manager and a long helping hand when needed. Tommy Ledberg, our own tv
producer, movie maker, and photograph.
And ofcourse a special thanks to our loveones, Nina, Sofia and Veronica,
you make our lifes worth living when not winning championhips. We know that it
is long days in the garage sometimes, we know that we are far away when we go
racing, and we know that it isn’t always easy to live with us…but from the
bottom of our hearts, we love you, and we always will.

Now the
season is over…and we made it….we are number one. We have managed to do what
few people in this world have accieved….to fight the best, and win.

Thank you all for this season, and watch out
for PRO 1 next year in Protock, Mopar will rule the world forever

See you all
in 2013

/ Team R/T

The points for the championship is :

1. PRO 3 Thomas Lindström Sweden 429
2. PRO 1 Jimmy Alund Sweden        398
3. PRO 6 Michael Callin Sweden 270
4. PRO 4 Michael Malmgren Sweden 189
5. PRO 919 Mats Jacobsson Sweden   156
6. PRO 10 Ulf Wagnhester Sweden     156
7. PRO 5 Sampsa Palos Finland            124
8. PRO 5 Richard Sundblom Finland   91
9. PRO 4047 Christian Sagelv Sweden 78
10. PRO 1059 Conrad Stanley England  70
11. PRO 8 Jan Palmqvist Sweden           68
12. PRO 5418 Harald Sturhan                 59
13. PRO 1283 Bo Pettersson Sweden     36
14. PRO 7 Jonas Dantanus Sweden        33
15. PRO 4919 Magnus Pettersson Se     12

The Finals, Santa Pod raceway 2012

Here we
are, at the end of the season. Standing on holy ground, The Santa Pod Raceway,
and are ready to defend our pointlead in the championship. This is the 6^th
FIA European Dragracing Championship event 2012 and for once this year, the
weather gods are with us. Sunny weather with blue sky and not a cloud in
sight…lets get ready to rocknroll.

We arrived a little early on Wednesday, but
its nice to have the extra time to get in place and make sure everything is 100
% raceready.  The hard thing is to solve
problems before they are known, and to know where to look and what to do takes
time to learn. Routine is everything if you want to make a racecar go fast, but
as I always say, learning by doing is the only way. And it starts to pay off.
The team really did a great job this weekend, everyone worked really hard and
we are proud to have them all onboard.

Friday, 1^st
qualification day. Two rounds for Prostock. Perfect weather for the spectators,
a little hot for engine power. The track was good, but the bumps in the end
made the car one year older after each race. Our first run was modest 6,90s,
took us to nr 2 spot, and gave us the information we needed to tune the car.
Next round was to became the fastest ever side by side run in European Prostock
history. Jimmy vs Thomas ended up with 6,6869s for both of them….Identical ET,
so the pole was given Jimmy cause he had the higher mph. A good run and noone
where sad at the end of the track. This is Prostock racing on the edge.

Saturday,
and its time to show why we are pointleaders in the championship.  Q3 took us to the pole with a clean, straight
6,66s run,  This was also the low ET at
the event and because of that we only needs to win the first round in elimination
to be Prostock Champions 2012. Q4 didn’t change anything in the qualification
list, 6,74s. to much clutch in the car resulted in shaking tyres.

Raceday,Sunday,
This is the D day for us…if we win the
first run against Conrad Stanley we are champions. Unfortenly Conrad damaged
his engine in q4 so bad, that even though they were up all night, all cred to
the Stanley team, they didn’t make it to the first run, so we got a bye run. We
once again showed why we are worthy champions… 6,68s, the fastest run during
the elimination day gave us the points needed to be the FIA European Prostock
Champion 2012. But the raceday wasn’t over yet so back to the pits and get the
car ready for semi finals. 6,72s in the semis, and we are now in the final
against Jimmy Ålund. Last time in Tierp we took the win against him, so we know
that he is not unbeatable. Thomas 0,07s in reaction against Jimmas 0,05s and
Thomas 6,71s vs Jimmas 6,69s made us runner up at the Finals, Santa pod raceway
2012, but the loss was much easier to handle when knowing we are pro 1 next
year. But a race is a race, and I really don’t like loosing. Next year we will
only win…..

The season is over for this year. And it is
with mixed feelings we leave santa pod in the truck on our way home to Sweden,
2000km trip. One part  just cant wait to
come home, push the racecar far into the garage, go home, Kiss our loveones, and
spend time with the family and enjoy life ….. and one part will miss all the
racers and friends on the track, the smell of fuel, trackbite, nitro and
prostockburgers, To feel the happiness when winning a race or gaining a record,
feel the anger when loosing a race with a thousand of an second. The up and
downs in prostock is what makes you keep on fighting, cause nothing is a better
feeling then, after hit the bottom, raise up and show the world that anything
is possible.  We have truly been
following our dream this year……  To win
the championship…..

Thank you
all Mopar fans out there, we just love you.

Thank you
all sponsors for the support needed to win the championhip.

Thank you
to the best crew/team in the world.

Thank you
all mentors, photograps, track crew, firefighters and other staff.

Thank you
to speedgroup, organizers, FIA, Eurodragster, Magazines, Bilsport and more.

And Thank
You to all others that is not mentioned but not forgotten.